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rulers

noun

plural of ruler

as in monarchs

one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority the aging ruler agonized over the choice of an heir

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Recent Examples of rulers The tombs of all the greatest rulers of Egypt. — Kaitlin Stevens, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026 Woody and Buzz have survived sadistic neighbors, evil toys and tyrannical daycare rulers. — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 26 June 2026 Democracies are composed of citizens with free will, not subjects cowering at the feet of rulers. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 June 2026 For 28 years and counting, Venezuela’s rulers have stolen or squandered much of the oil revenue of the most oil-rich country in the world. — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026 The three cuts jointly shared the honor of being the fourth-longest-running rulers in the decades-long history of the Radio Songs tally. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Since overthrowing the Assad dynasty, Syria’s new rulers have struggled to exert control across the country and to check extremist groups. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 In the fifth century CE, the western half of the Roman Empire disintegrated into a patchwork of new kingdoms and new rulers. — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026 The practice, many legal historians believe, dates to the 1600s and 1700s, with European rulers encouraging migration to the expanding American colonies. — Julie Watson, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026

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And in a place where celebrity passersby and visiting monarchs typically get the same collective shrug, a certain exuberance appeared.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Virginia may have established a representative body, the House of Burgesses, in 1619, but the mid-century Cavalier elite continued to accept the divine right of kings as the Stuart monarchs had propounded it.

— James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Definition of monarchs

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Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Gold not glittering As for gold, while the yellow metal has traditionally been sought out by kings and paupers throughout history alike, the anaemic gold price has puzzled experts.

— Lim Hui Jie,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 July 2026
Unfortunately, a group of eastern kings pillage Sodom and Gomorrah and take Lot captive along with others.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026

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Even the richest emperors of the past did not have the ability to satisfy their whims that is now possessed by any student in Chicago or Berlin or Kinshasa.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
These new rulers were keen to sell themselves as legitimate successors to the emperors, and there was considerable continuity during this turbulent period.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

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